I have an 11 year old boy who is a great reader....but who doesn't like to read...ugh....I need suggestions on books to engage him in reading. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
My 11 year old cousin hates to read to , but he ripped through the Harry Potter series like it was nothing. :)
The Harry Potter Series
The Percy Jackson Series
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Dangerous Book for Boys
Harry Potter
My son is same age and he likes books he can interact with....keeps his attention longer. Try ones like the diary of a wimpy kid diary......a book and a diary in one so he's writing as well, also check out the 2 new books from Storybuilders at
http://storybuildersbooks.com
Just gave the spy one to my 11 yr old and the dog one to my 10 year old and they LOVE IT!
The other thing he might enjoy are mad libs tablets. Lots of fun templates and themes, with fill in the blanks for adjectives that helps him create his own story as he goes.
I didn't like to read either. My parents sent me to a speed reading class during the summer. My reading went from about 35 to 50 words per minute with very little comprehension to 250 to 300 words with excellent comprehension. I don't know if that is his problem or not.
I fell in love with animal, adventure, and Hardy Boys (by Franklin W. Dixon) books.
My favorite books were
Swiss Family Robinson
White Fang
Call of the Wild
and all the books by Jim Kjelgaard (Most of them are books about dogs and wolves: Snow Dog, Wild Trek, Big Red, Irish Red, Moose Country, Wolf Brother, Fire Hunter)
Mysterious Island (Jules Verne)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. (Jules Verne)
The speed reading class enabled me to retain more of what I read and enabled me to enjoy reading.
Good luck to you and yours
The Fablehaven series by Brandon Mull
The Underland Chronicles by Suzanne Collins
The Encyclopedia Brown books
My son is almost 11y too. My mom just sent me this link last week about 50 books for 11 year olds
http://www.abebooks.com/books/children-reading-lists-pare...
My son loves spies and all that, plus anything sci-fi based. He is a science lover. He likes the Alex Ryder books--based on a teen spy that is a lot like James Bond. I know some parents frown on them as violent becaus someone is hurt or killed but I have not seen it this way and my son has really picked up his reading with these. He also loves reading any books about war times, as in actual occurrences not someone causing one.
The Fablehaven series is full of exciting adventure.
My boy is an avid reader and absolutely loved the lighthearted and corny humor of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. It got our whole family roaring with laughter when he would read it to us. It is not your most brain cell challenging of books...but it keeps your kid wanting more. Really...I would start off with these.
I do an incentive program for my kids during the summer for reading books and I read a couple classics to them. Right now I am reading Where the Red Fern Grows at night. They love to be read to...it is relaxing in the evening and puts our 4 yr old to sleep so fast every time...win, win!!
Good luck and best wishes to get your 11 yr old hooked on reading. I have an 11 yr old boy too...they are so fun!!
~ The Dangerous Book for Boys ~ my grandson and his Dad have done many of the projects in it, and my granddaughter has been right there beside them participating.
~ The Harry Potter series ~ my 10 year old nephew has read them all.
~ Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.
~ The Percy Jackson series.
~ The Chronicles of Narnia series.
And, don't let him miss out on:
~ Swiss Family Robinson
~ Tom Sawyer
~ Where the Red Fern Grows
~ The Black Stallion
~ Bridge to Terabithia
~ The Incredible Journey
My son, just about 12, really liked all of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books and also the Percy Jackson series. He's finishing up the Harry Potter books this summer, but may not be able to get all the way through as he's got summer reading & papers to write for his English class next year.
